It is a GLORIOUS weekend folks! The girl I posted about but a few short days ago...? I got her to tattoo ME last night (after a brief little crash course). I am officially twice as cool and 300% happier as a result.

AHHH! Annubis you totally just scored mondo points with me! I love what you did to improve the aesthetic of my face.

Sadly I already used the first and ran my little facebook contest before this post went up.

It astounds me how, when motivated, people can become pretty resourceful and hasty. The chick who wanted to win knew nothing of anime and figured out the answer to my little image riddle within minutes. Maybe I just suck at making contests... Maybe google just made my contest suck... I don't know which...

I can believe it. I pay ridiculous amounts of money to enjoy playing my games exactly how I want to play them knowing full well there are more cost effective ways to go about it. This is no different. Rewind a few years and the whole reason I got Wii in the first place was because Secret of Mana became available for download.

Some folk just are not comfortable, willing, or know how to go about playing via less "legitimate" methods. This makes me happy because in the end it helps deflate the price of original carts/discs/games for collectors (such as myself).

For the vast majority of consumers, a 10 dollar romdump being available for download right on their system is a godsend in contrast to the price tag of an original SNES cart if said consumer even has a working SNES (which they probably dont).

Now the price tags that are associated with certain titles, not available for DL on any network astounds me a bit.. yet I pay those prices begrudgingly as well. Reference: Suikoden 2 anyone?

We can't take our coinage with us and I can think of quite a few worse ways to blow 10 buck than on earthbound..... hell, I can walk down to convenient and blow 10 buck on a midnight snack that would yield nothing but a tummy ache. And while cheese flavored Puf n' Corn, a donut and chocolate milk may be tasty, it won't prove nearly as inspiring as a playthrough of one of the best RPG's to grace the 16 bit era.

But what really gets me is the amount I spent on Tales of Graces outfits. I bought em all. For those who don't know, it ran me more then the game itself.

For realzies. I used not to care until I found some $20 one at Sam's Club and gave it a whirl. I doubt I could comfortably sleep on anything else now. I think it's one of those tempurpedic ones or somthing. It's firm, but has a nice give to it. So amazing.

Pillows and bedding in general should never be skimped out on. Quality of sleep directly correlates with quality of life IMO...

Thanks again for the advice on the pics! I was going with the 1st pic for here and facebook on account of your votes and the fact that the lower clarity of photo 2 bothers me... however I am now going to switch back to my photon ava on here because I can't stand having to look at myself.

Strangely, that girl meets world news made my day :) Thanks for that D!!

And now my friends I need your help. Between these two awesomely creepy photos of me which would make a better Avatar for a little facebook contest? In truth I like both and want to use both, so whichever I don't use on facebook I'm going to use here but I just can't decide which to go with.... the contest is for my clients, first one to figure out what the hat is from gets a free halloween tattoo this year from a selection of a few disgaea monsters in celebration of D2.

Here are the pics.

I'm time restricted (long story) and must decide by this afternoon!! Ack...

In other news (that is far less interesting then girl meets world) I woke up with affection in my heart for another human being earlier this week... a female no less... something I have not felt in many years. What an ugly distracting feeling this is. I thought it would pass but it didn't. So what is a Klyde to do? Well I went explained the strange dream the prompted the infatuation and explained the only course of action I could see to take was teaching her to tattoo so she can tattoo her name on me. Strange I know, but I like wearing bad tattoos. I am not cool enough in my own mind to wear cool tattoos-LoL

Alright I freakin' give.... day 1 for me too. I'll put tales on hold and focus on this first to play with some of you fine folk. Just tell me when to be on to play and consider me a sword for hire day 1 if anyone would be kind enough to have me :)

NOTE: I may need some help or instruction... I've never done any online multiplayer before... is it tricksy business?

2nd NOTE: I'm serious about letting me know a time and whatnot too. I'd be pleased as punch if anyone cared to coordinate a Dragons Crown play date with me.

3rd NOTE: Let me reiterate the fact that I may possibly will require some hand holding.

My favorite ep of Sorcerer Hunters is definitely episode 5 "A Dreamy Girl at Lakeside." That adventure was not in the manga, but it's easily my favorite Sorcerer Hunters adventure. Probably because it sweetly highlighted the trait I find most admirable in Carrot. (And, no, it's not his impeccable taste in women or his fearless perseverance.)

Kinda interesting how in some movies and TV shows, some of the cooler moments are the ones not in the books. Like in Godfather, the "leave the gun, don't forget the cannolis" scene is iconic and awesome, but was never in the book. My favorite scene in the Game of Thrones show was when Jon Snow and Sam Tarly were talking about girls and how Jon didn't want to get a girl pregnant and make another bastard and Sam says, "So... you didn't know where to put it!" Not in the book, but a great scene.

Episode 5 totally reveals another side to Carrot, serving well to frame him off with more redeeming and traditional hero/MC qualities early on in the series. I appreciate this in that it makes me see him as more than simply comic relief and helps break his character from a somewhat cliche mold in which he is initially cast. In fact I give credit to the series thus far for not allowing any of the main heroes to fall prey to being neatly categorized or cliche. Initially the cast appeared weak but entertaining to me but now, by episode 11, they are becoming more "themselves" in my eyes and proving very original and "strong" for lack of a better way to put it.

I'll report back with my favorite eps/scenes when I dig a wee bit deeper :)

this is disturbing to me. what the hell happened to the oz of my childhood?

of all the "oz" that has come to pass since "return to oz" (which was awesome btw) staring a young Fairuza Balk as Dorothy (she was my particular favorite dorothy) I predict this to be the most epic of fails.

sorry to be a debbie downer about it but I'm calling it like I see it.